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SCARSWGAKIS4-5thMeeting
Bonn,30th-31stofMay2017
The SCAR SWG AKIS4 meeting in Bonn was the fifth of the meetings proposed for the development of the
mandate endorsed by the SCAR plenary in December 2015. Venue: Federal Office for Building and
Regional Planning (BBR), Deichmanns Ave 31 - 37, 53179 BONN.
This meeting looked to develop the following topics identified in the AKIS 4 mandate:
� SCAR‘CASA’projectinteraction;
� Knowledgeexchangeandcross-fertilisation(mandate points 1, 2, 3 in particular): Policy briefs
Advisory services and Education, Agricultural Innovation Summit Lisbon, AgriSpin on Innovation
support, Cooperation with SWG Food Systems, BioEast;
� AnalyzingtheperspectiveofAKISin Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture
acrossdevelopingcountries (mandate point 5: GIZ – Green Innovation Centre);
� Digitization: Cross-cutting theme (mandate points 1, 2, 3 in particular).
All presentations are available at the SWG SCAR-AKIS dropbox, link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zxe01q1fbyyg9hb/AADqP8VKGLP-g2tF_EIhwb7la/AKIS4/8-
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All discussions during the meeting are summarized in Annex1.
The list of participants is describedinAnnex2.
CO-CHAIRS: Adrien GUICHAOUA & Aniko JUHASZ Facilitator: Floor Geerling-Eiff (report)
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Day1:TuesdayMay30th
Session1:SCARCASAproject
Presentation of CASA project - Coordinator - Rolf Stratmann
SCAR Coordination and Support Action (SCAR-CASA). Specific CASA objectives are:
- Increased and broadened participation, interaction and collaboration of Member States and
Associated Countries with each other and also with the Directorate-Generals (DG) of the EC;
- Improved quality of outputs and outcomes of SCAR, based on an increased and broadened
participation facilitated by CASA;
- Strengthening the production of more strategic policy advice within the evolving landscape of the
broader bio-economy based on an increased and broadened participation facilitated by CASA;
- Improved overall organisation, communication and dissemination of SCAR activities, outputs and
outcomes for greater impact.
Work packages are:
1. WP1: Representativeness, to increase representativeness of currently less involved member
states, maintain interest of currently involved MSs and to widen the involvement in view of wider
remit;
2. WP2: Added Value and Improved Quality for Greater Impact, to support SCAR and its SWGs and
CWGs to deliver results of improved quality, creating added value to outputs for greater impact
within the evolving landscape of the broader bioeconomy;
3. WP 3: Strategic Advice, to assess the state of play of research and innovation policy in the broader
bioeconomy area: preparatory work, assessment and SWOT analysis, a SWOT Conference,
support SCAR on better alignment of research and innovation policies, support SCAR in
developing general procedures and tools for initiating new activities, creating a structure for
future SCAR foresight processes, develop an Impact Assessment Framework, develop scenarios
on sustainability and follow up activities;
4. WP4: Communication and Dissemination, to ensure adequate knowledge transfer and
dissemination of SCAR activities, improved links between the SCAR activities, to reinforce the
impact of SCAR activities.
Presentation of CASA WP4 Communication – WP Leader – Valérie Dehaudt
The CASA communication group is developing a logo and factsheet for each working group. Furthermore
they will publish a newsletter twice per year. The first one should be released June 23d 2017. It will
contain news about 1) the SCAR activities, 2) activities from the SCAR working groups and 3) space for
other events and activities.
Overview and prospects of SCAR Foresights – Elke Saggau
CASA WP2, task 2.5. The aim is to support the implementation and dissemination of the 4th Foresight and
its recommendations. This means: mapping the present state of implementation / dissemination and
mapping the need for further support of implementation / dissemination of the 4th Foresight exercise.
Focus lies on policies, research, development, and innovation within agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and
aquaculture at national, EU and global level. The expected outcome is to develop guidelines for 1) a
process for implementation of SCAR Foresight results and 2) a structure for the continuation of the
Foresight process.
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Action:
- The task force for the foresight preparation group invites one member from the SCAR-AKIS-group
(one member per S/CWG) to join the CASA Task Force on the SCAR Foresight.
Report on CASA WP3 SWOT meeting – Vera Steinberg & Mara Lai
Task 3.1: Assess the state of play of research and innovation policy in the broader Bioeconomy area:
preparatory work. The workshop was held in Bonn, March 9th and 10th 2017. Aim of the workshop was
working on the SWOT concept, not performing the SWOT itself, defining impact in the framework of SCAR
and discussion on key factors of involvement and representativeness. The original task was that the SWOT
would provide a picture of the EU bioeconomy strengths and weaknesses and adjacent research policies,
the delivery mechanisms applied and the state of their implementation, the actors involved and the
national and regional financial and human capacities. Based on the results of the workshop, the task was
limited for the SWOT to provide a picture on the EU bioeconomy research and innovation policy landscape
and adjacent research policies, the delivery mechanisms applied and the state of their implementation,
the actors involved and the national and regional financial and human capacities. The SWOT analysis is
now focused on the SCAR, its structures and impact. This new direction of the SWOT-task is currently
under discussion.
External studies - SCAR-AKIS CASA
There are two studies that the SCAR-AKIS group proposes:
1. Synergies among EU funds in the field of research and Innovation in Agriculture: the aim of this
study is to provide a better understanding of the potential and the use of synergies among EU
funds, in the field of Research and the field of Innovation in Agriculture;
2. Inventory of Research and Innovation Infrastructures improving knowledge flows in the field of
Agriculture: the aim of this study is to provide a mapping of Research & Innovation (soft & hard)
infrastructures in Europe that participate to the flows of knowledge between the several actors
and stakeholders, upgrading their skills and that participate to the genesis and the
implementation of interactive innovation projects in the broad agricultural field.
Action:
- Rolf Stratmann will contact Alex Percy Smith to discuss the possibility of performing the studies
together with other working groups.
- The SCAR-AKIS group is making an inventory who can perform the studies. We’re searching 5 to
6 experts. The group members are requested to send in their suggestions for experts, to Adrien;
o It is also a possibility to involve a (freelancing) expert who is not affiliated to a particular
organisation;
- Applications for volunteers for a task force / steering group for the studies: Mara, Simona, Floor,
Inge, Andres...
Session2:Knowledgeexchangeandcross-fertilisation
Finalising the Policy Briefs on Advisory Services and Education
Action:
- Send in your last comments before June 9th (to Adrien). After that date the briefs will be finalised.
Cooperation with SWG Food System and collection of ideas and relevant experiences
Action:
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- The idea is to organise a back-to-back workshop with the food systems group. There is agreement
on the main boundary objects. Focus in the cooperation could be on farmers and food SMEs
because of similarities and interconnections. We would like to identify a cooperative task force
with 2 to 3 representatives from each group, with DG RTD and DG Agri, to identify the topics and
for the further organisation of the workshop;
- From the SCAR-AKIS group: Bram, Aniko, Martijn, Natalia and Luis volunteer.
H2020 AgriSpin project on innovation support: recommendations and contribution to the final AKIS
Report – Andrea Knierim
The project aims to create more space for innovations, through amplifying good examples of innovation
support systems and through multi-actor learning, about ways to stimulate innovation and remove
obstacles. The main target groups are intermediates who connect initiators to other actors for involving
them in creating innovations, such as farmers, knowledge workers, actors in the value chain,
administrators, civil society groups, etc. Key messages from the project for funding and managing
authorities are:
- understand innovation as a process (not as an outcome), evolving over time;
- understand innovation as a result of multiple interactions;
- differentiate phases of the innovation process;
- understand specific needs and corresponding innovation support services as typical for certain
phases, while others are unspecific in this regard.
Action:
- The comments of the discussion in the SCAR-AKIS group are harvested and will be further
discussed within the AgriSpin team;
- The final conference of AgriSpin is held July 3d 2017 in Chania, Greece.
The process of BioEast: how to improve EU East –West cooperation? – Andrew Fieldsend
Exploring possibilities for the deployment of Bioeconomy in Central and Eastern European Countries
(CEE). The objectives and immediate actions relating to the objectives, are:
1. initiating cooperation and knowledge based policies development: building a website for
BIOEAST Initiative and starting a regular newsletter dissemination (contributing to objective 1
and 7);
2. identifying common challenges and validate common research topics: more workshops to be
organized, the first in Poland to cover the remaining CEE relevant research topics;
3. initiating strategies;
4. providing an evidence basis;
5. improving skills;
6. initiating synergies development: active involvement in the development of the H2020 SC2 2018-
2020 Work Program (objectives 6 and 7);
7. increasing visibility.
Contributing to all objectives: starting to discuss and lobby the set-up of a common CSA and a common
ERA-NET Cofund instrument.
Session3:AKISacrossdevelopingcountries
Green Innovation Centres in Africa and Asia – Bastian Beege – GIZ
Background information:
- Assignment since 10/2014, programme duration until 09/2021;
- Budget: 206 million €;
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- Program management in Bonn (coordination), Eschborn (finance) and Feldafing (HCD);
- There are GICs in 14 countries, most projects in Africa, some in Asia, focussing on 2 to 4 different
value chains each (in total: 35 value chains);
- The value chains consist of 22 different agricultural products. Most of them are stable food like
wheat, corn or rice, but the GIC also work with cash crops such as cacao or sunflowers.
Objectives are:
- Development of value chains from the field to the plate“ through introduction of innovations;
- Utilization of know-how from various partners (both from partner countries and Germany);
- Linking research and development with agricultural technical and vocational training;
- Facilitation of self-organisation;
- Support of agricultural finance.
Action:
- The GIC programme and the SCAR-AKIS group can learn (peer-to-peer) from one another. How to
organise this, in which form and with whom?
Day2:WednesdayMay31st
Session4:Digitizationinagriculture
Report on April 2017 EIP Seminar on “Data sharing” in Bratislava - DG AGRI - Louis Mahy
- EIP-AGRI Workshop: "Data Sharing: ensuring a fair sharing of digitisation benefits in
agriculture", 4-5 April, Bratislava (Slovakia). Final report :
https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/agri-eip/files/eip-
agri_workshop_data_sharing_final_report_2017_en.pdf;
- EIP-AGRI Seminar: "Digital Innovation Hubs: mainstreaming digital agriculture", 1-2 June,
Kilkenny (Ireland).
More information on the objectives of both workshops is described in Annex 1. All information of the
workshop in April is available on the EIP-website and at the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/agri-eip/files/eip-
agri_seminar_dih_short_report_2017_en.pdf.
Agenda:
- 11-12 October: First Agricultural Innovation Summit, Lisbon (Portugal) with a focus on
"Digitising rural economies":
o Networking sessions between operational groups and H2020 projects (11/12);
o Policy event (12/12).
- End October: Publication of the 2018-2020 Work Programme;
- 14-17 November: SC2 Info Week including "H2020 Digitisation day" (17/11);
o Overview of policy framework on DSM and opportunities for agriculture and food
industry;
o Showcasing of interesting initiatives and projects.
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Data access: Vision of Farmers – COPA COGECA – François Guerin
In the list below Copa Cogeca’s (C&C) views on the main principles underpinning the collection, use and
exchange of agricultural data, which, in their opinion, can help release the full potential of big data. In
summary:
- the farming community believes that developing novel and sophisticated data processing
systems to analyse farm data is a priority. In order for the farming community to take full
advantage of big data, it is necessary to establish appropriate and robust data infrastructures,
e.g. data centres, and services for data to be analysed and stored, as well as creating
opportunities for farmers to access existing databases;
- C&C is interested in contributing to the “Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition Initiative” that was
launched by the Commission at the end of 2016, in order to underscore the importance of
identifying the digital skills that are needed through training, knowledge transfer and guidance
to foster the uptake of digital transformation in rural areas;
- protecting the ownership of farm data is of the utmost importance, but it is much more
important to ensure that farmers obtain a fair share of the value generated by farm data. This
can be achieved through fair and transparent contracts, regulation, guidance, liability
mechanisms and training;
- C&C believe that data produced on the farm or during farming operations, should be owned by
the farmers themselves;
- contracts should clearly define the purposes for which the data can be used and how the
relevant rights may be used, for instance in combination with other data, how to handle
derived data, and so on. Information should only be given to third parties as aggregate data.
Contracts should not be amended without the prior consent of the farmer;
- personal data must be collected for a specific purpose and may not be further processed in a
way that is incompatible with said purpose;
- it is essential to bring transparency, simplicity and trust into contracts on agricultural
technologies;
- C&C believe that all farmers are entitled to keeping their data private;
- C&C call on the Commission and Member State authorities to explore voluntary and
innovative ways, to use ICT together with farmers and agri-cooperatives, in order to
simplify controls and make them less costly and less bureaucratic, provided that, data
protection and intellectual property rights and the privacy of farmers are respected.
The COPA COGECA position paper is available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in Spain: “Experiences from Andalucía for the development of synergies, and the
involvement of farmers and value chain” – Andrès Montero
Coexphal, Coexphal-UAL chair, Fund Cajamar and Hispatec participate in the IOF2020 H2020 Project with
a crucial role coordinating the trial on F&V coops, among the five trials of the project. Andalucía is
involved in the development of the S3 thematic EU partnership on Traceability and Big Data. Regarding
opportunities for this sub-platform, there exists a need to better connect the different initiatives, projects,
infrastructures, platforms, to create synergies that will allow to:
- increase efficiency and make better use of different funding instruments;
- create better conditions for impact;
- strengthen the EU competitiveness with a participatory approach, based on the needs from
local/regional levels up to EU level;
- develop pilot actions contributing to build the process beyond 2020.
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Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in Austria: “First steps to introduce a platform of digitalization and first projects” –
Christian Rosenwirth
Austria is working on a platform for digitization to: 1) work on priorities and the need for action, 2) realize
possibilities and work on solutions, 3) advice the ministry, 4) develop a survey of activities and projects,
5) link stakeholders, 6) raise awareness for the value of farmer data and their digital identity, and 7)
disseminate knowledge through education and training. First projects are:
- GIS-ELA 1 and 2, for the use of geographical information systems for site specific cultivation in
order to improve efficiency and ecology in Austrian agriculture;
- the Education campaign of digitisation in agriculture and forestry, to raise awareness and transfer
knowledge, networking and enhancing competences;
- Smart farming for energy efficiency;
- Nutrition efficiency and ground water protection.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in Hungary – “Digital Knowledge Centres and Education” Andrew Fieldsend
Programs of the Digital Agricultural Strategy contain development policy and research and innovation to
work on the:
- digital skills: raising awareness, education, training and extension services;
- digital state: regulation, public systems and e-government.
The proposed strategy and programs are in line with the Digital Wellbeing Program and the National Info-
communication Strategy. For example, Hungary is working on a programme ‘Smart farmers for smart
farming’ to change the negative image of farming with the help of digitisation, for secondary and higher
level education.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in the Netherlands: “What's keeping the Dutch busy on digitization knowledge for
agriculture? Overview and research by Wageningen UR– Floor Geerling-Eiff and Annemiek Canjels
The ambition of the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs is the transition of the agricultural sector towards
a sustainable, robust, climate smart, healthy, nature inclusive and economic viable sector. Digitisation of
the sector is seen as an important accelerator to reach these goals with particular focus on smart farming
(or precision farming) based on data-driven smart decision making, robotics/mechanisation and ICT-
solutions. In addition, the ambition of the Dutch regions (Provinces) is the transition of the agricultural
sector into cross-connected parties and a number of product chains, in which agricultural entrepreneurs
transform from experts in single production towards experts in supply managing cooperatives (SMART
food chains and food system).
The biggest current EU-ICT project Wageningen UR coordinates, is Internet of Food 2020, with 70
partners involved. IoF2020 embraces a demand-driven methodology in which end-users from the agri-
food are actively involved during the entire development process, aiming at cross-fertilisation, co-
creation and co-ownership of results. WUR uses this approach and structure now for many new projects
to build-up a sound knowledge base, and create synergies between projects. The approach for the cases
is a combination of the lean start-up methodology that focuses on the development of Minimal Viable
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Products (MVPs) in short iterations and the multi-actor approach that stresses the active involvement of
various stakeholders. The cases will actively be supported by three other work packages (WPs). WP3
facilitates sharing, reuse and finally integration of IoT components as described in the previous section.
WP4 provides business support in terms of monitoring key performance indicators, business models,
market studies and governance aspects (including security, data ownership, privacy, liability and ethical
issues). WP5 facilitates the development and expansion of the various ecosystems on case and project
level and beyond, amongst others by communication, dissemination, organizing workshops and events.
This is realised by active involvement of European and national communities from the demand- and
supply-side of IoT, including associations and cooperatives from industry, European Innovation
Partnerships, Technology Platforms and ERA-nets. A mid-term open call of 6 M€ will be used to further
accelerate these developments. This approach establishes a large IoF2020 ecosystem and collaboration
space that is expected to sustain after the project.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in France: “Digital flagship activities in the French Applied Research Institutes”, Adrien
Guichaoua
In 2015 a digital group was created in synergy with all the ACTA Technical Institutes. A major challenge
for the coming years is the ability to integrate and interpret new data of Agricultural Research and
Development. Relevant developments are:
– the Applications Programming Interface (API-AGRO) project, which becomes a platform to
centralize datasets and manage their visibility, access and valorisation in one place;
– the Digifarm project: to develop connected agriculture / IoT, to move from concept to application
by using an open research approach between R&I Institutes, farmers and private actors;
– apps for mobile application, as tools for the choice and the use of plant health products
commercialised in France.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in Portugal – “Farm 2030” - Luis Mira
The Farm 2030 project promotes the competitiveness and sustainability of agriculture in Portugal.
Objectives are: 1) reengineering of production and precision farming, 2) water use efficiency, 3) energy
use efficiency, 4) new methods to combat crop diseases, 5) bio conservation of soils, 6) Farmlab 2030 and
7) monitoring, data sharing and certification system Farm2030.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
Digitization in Ireland: “The Digital advisory tools of Teagasc” –Mark Gibson
Teagasc works by the following framework:
- Measure: sensors, weights, observations, Internet of Things;
- Capture: getting data from sensors into a structural database;
- Integrate: combine the databases to add value, big data;
- Analyse: data analytics to turn data into useable information;
- Deliver: create a decision support system.
Show cases are:
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- Pasturebase Ireland: a web base grassland management decision support tool (used by> 3000
farms);
- NMP Online: a programme to improve nutrient management on (Irish) farms;
- Opt In: a training resources portal that provides information in relation to employment related
skills development and diversification opportunities for rural families;
- Farm Appvice: a digital resource library for farm advisers informed by Teagasc extension
research.
Presentation available on the SWG AKIS Dropbox.
SWG AKIS & Agri-Innovation Summit - October 2017 - Luis Mira & Adrien Guichaoua
- All SCAR-AKIS members are invited. For those who haven’t pre-registered yet, an invitation mail
will be sent. The formal registration link is closed;
- There are 3 types of involvement: 1) as participant, 2) as sponsor, as 3) as start-up (showcase).
Start-up can be selected (3-5) for a 1 year support programme.
Action:
- Send suggestions for sponsors or start-ups to Luis and Adrien.
Parallel Session on Digitization
The input from the parallel session on digitisation was implemented in the presentation for the SCAR
plenary meeting on June 21st 2017. This presentation is available on the Dropbox.
EIP Agri presentation and update – Inge Van Oost
See presentation on the dropbox.
► NextmeetingSWGSCAR-AKIS:October10thLisbon.
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Annex1:PlenarydiscussionsBonnmeeting,SWGSCAR-AKIS
Presentation of CASA WP4 Communication – WP Leader – Valérie Dehaudt.
Suggestions for CASA communication from out the SWG SCAR-AKIS:
- CASA should focus on translating the most important news and messages from the SCAR;
- Try to use social media as much as possible like twitter, hashtags, maybe videos such as interviews
(of chairs, for example) on YouTube, maybe livestreaming;
o Maybe using social media is too ambitious for all groups but at least it should be stimulated
in relation to SCAR activities.
DiscussiononthelogobyCASA:
- The group congratulates CASA on a fine job;
- In general the group prefers logo 1 (the ‘bulb logo’);
- Why are the K and I bigger than the A and S? It’s good to think about wanting to accentuate
different letters or not, and why;
- there’s discussion on the light bulb; some say it could be misleading, some say it’s a good reference
to the SCAR-AKIS group as a think tank;
- suggestion to integrate the pictures in the logo within the A/ α;
- Less is more, the logo might be too ambitious with regard to the amount of pictures being used;
- With regard to the name, the AKIS group has to be connected to the SCAR, so SCAR-AKIS;
o The CASA communication group checks the legal aspects;
– Adrien will ask the CASA communication partners to modify the logo and to make new proposals.
Once he will have received the new logos, he will ask the AKIS member to vote by email.
Overview and prospects of SCAR Foresights – Elke Saggau
- The task force for the foresight preparation group invites one member from the SCAR-AKIS-group
(per S/CWG) to join the TF;
- The CASA group will make: 1) an analysis of the developments regarding foresight studies in the
last three years, on both EU and national level, and 2) a gap analysis. The group will also look at
how policy is being influenced. The actual foresight will be conducted in 2020 so the timeline for
the CASA preparation group is 1 – 1, 5 years. The group should have the results ready then;
- Therefore the CASA preparatory foresight group is looking for the right experts; this question will
be discussed during the next meeting in order to provide the SCAR foresight Group with the most
relevant and pro-active SWG AKIS expert at an early stage;
- It is suggested by the SCAR-AKIS group to make this a regular agenda point and to discuss it within
the whole group, since the group has experience with foresights on agriculture; indeed,
nominating a SWG AKIS expert should not hinder to discuss it in plenary meetings and receive
comments, feedbacks and input from the whole group;
- The option to harvest relevant national foresights to fuel the SCAR Foresight group, should be
discussed and considered in an upcoming SWG AKIS meeting;
- The foresight could make use of a scenario approach; for example every 5 years.
Report on CASA WP3 SWOT meeting – Vera Steinberg & Mara Lai
Vera:
- The original plan was to prepare a SWOT analysis on Bio Economy but another team is working
on that analysis already. It was decided in March that the CASA SWOT team (WP3) would focus
on an analysis of the SCAR;
- The results of the SWOT analysis on the SCAR will be presented this fall (2017);
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- There’s cross fertilisation with the CASA foresight group (Elke Saggau).
Mara:
- In general there is a lack of coordination and a lack of common structure when it comes to
research and innovation;
- The CASA SWOT analysis can be very useful to better inform and involve EU countries.
External studies - SCAR-AKIS CASA
- These are broad subjects which could be conducted in cooperation with other S/CWSGs to get
more impact;
- Especially if we want to address the whole bio-economy, 25 KE per study is not sufficient budget
in relation to the ambitions. Until now this has not been discussed with other groups yet, not by
CASA nor by the SWG SCAR-AKIS. The possibility of performing the study together, should be
discussed with the food systems group first;
- The objectives of both proposed studies should be more concretely clarified;
- With the budget available, will it be possible to perform a more in-depth study or does it have to
be restricted to an overview study? Will the outcome be an overview on how it works rather than
recommendations for future developments? The objective would be to have an overview (to
enhance the understanding of the functioning of synergies) but also to formulate
recommendations from the overview, specific study cases and best practices identified;
- We also have to look at what we can learn from failures, instead of merely focusing on the best
practices;
- The two studies are interconnected. We are working towards improvements: how can different
instruments support follow up developments, how are knowledge and experiences better
exchanged and how can for example, operational groups but also other projects, be formed
(easier, better) because of synergies?
Finalising the Policy Briefs on Advisory Services and Education
- One of the big challenges is how to get the latest knowledge to advisors. Next to availability of
tools and equipment for advisors and farmers, this also includes incentives for researchers to
exchange and communicate their knowledge to end users. We have to promote the multi-actor
approach;
- Non-agricultural advisory was not taken into account;
- Focus should not only be on technical developments, there should be adequate focus on the
development of soft skills;
- Advisory systems are and should also be interconnected with education systems, advisors should
also work with actors in education / teachers;
- With regard to the PB on advisory systems, there are a few shopping lists but it does not
recommend where the money should come from (taxes, levies, industry?);
o It is discussed if that is the task of the SCAR-AKIS group; the aim of the SWG is to provide
policy makers with clear recommendations and to draw the main track to be followed but
not to make decisions for policy makers. In this way, the recommendations formulated in
the Policy briefs are relevant;
- Discussion on the terminology of the documents: is it a policy brief or a position paper? It was
decided to keep the term 'Policy Brief", as it is similar to the previous policy papers produced by
the SWG AKIS, and to clearly indicate with a disclaimer that it is a product of the group and that
the document does not state individual positions of the participating MS’ experts.
H2020 AgriSpin project on innovation support – Andrea Knierim
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- AgriSpin identified diverse types of innovation. Is innovation as a process, not recognised by local
actors in general?
- The problem lies with the practical and juridical difficulties of subsidising certain innovation steps
in the innovation spiral;
- Innovation services are usually innovative as well. Start-up companies should be better
acknowledged in the knowledge and innovation chain. The system is changing rapidly,
accelerating programmes and start-ups arise from every corner;
- If we divide the innovation process into parts there will still be different risks and difficulties to
overcome;
- The suggestion (to be discussed) is to use the innovation spiral for funding bodies to see if it’s
workable for projects, for reflexive monitoring and evaluation (as a mirroring tool, to learn);
- The big question is how to gain trust from different funding authorities. The results could be
discussed in line with the outcomes of the Pro-AKIS project, which common pathway we foresee
(one or a few clear messages);
- It is important to emphasise how relevant the different cases are;
- We see a shift in learning processes. For example, when the outcome of a study is that at a current
time a certain process or technology is not implementable yet, we are used to calling that research.
However, we are making a shift towards the practical testing of new knowledge in innovation
settings with end users as part of the knowledge and innovation chain (hence the multi-actor
approach). With this shift there should be more acknowledgement and the risk for the role of the
entrepreneur as knowledge worker, as part of this chain. In particular if the outcome is that the
particular technology/result is not implementable yet, should be implemented otherwise or
furthermore developed. Synergies in different types of instruments for knowledge and innovation
should support knowledge development and valorisation for innovation in one integrated chain;
- In one of the recommendations it was said that “researchers cannot be advisors at the same time
but there is a need for links/connection between the two groups”. Researchers ought to get
different incentives for practical impact, not only scientific impact. The multi-actor approach
should stimulate and facilitate synergies through different instruments to stimulate cooperation
between different knowledge and innovation actors, referring to research, advise, extension,
education, entrepreneurs and policy makers to optimise the multi-actor approach for long lasting
effects.
Green Innovation Centre in Africa – Bastian Beege – GIZ
Discussion:
- The centres are not organised around sectors but around different cultures. Every country is
assessed and a gap analysis is made, depending on the needs. Then we look at what kind of
innovation support we can provide;
- Focus is on organising the innovation system around the farmers and partners involved, mostly
through training and learning-by-doing;
- It is still early in the process of the programme to talk about the results but the current outcome
is promising;
- Our peer-to-peer organising is organised through an advisory group (NGOs, education, etc.,
approximately 30 members) that meets 2x per year. We exchange experiences and expertise to
improve our work;
- It is important to focus on the effects and the follow up after the programme, that the people are
self-supporting after the programme stops;
- The CGIs are working with other programmes from other countries but in general with regard to
synergies there is still efficiency to gain.
Report on April 2017 EIP Seminar on “Data sharing” in Bratislava - DG AGRI - Louis Mahy
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EIP-AGRI Workshop: "Data Sharing: ensuring a fair sharing of digitisation benefits in agriculture", 4-5
April, Bratislava (Slovakia). Objectives were:
- to explore existing and potential data governance models, to protect and satisfy the interests of
the different parties involved, both within and outside agriculture;
- to evaluate the benefits for farmers of the most promising data governance models as well as to
identify which constraints hamper their involvement in these models;
- to bring the relevant actors together to create the identified enabling environment(s) for data
sharing and create new business/data sharing opportunities;
- explore the potential of the principles and concepts described in the Communication on Building
a European Data Economy.
EIP-AGRI Seminar: "Digital Innovation Hubs: mainstreaming digital agriculture", 1-2 June, Kilkenny
(Ireland).
Objectives were:
- to clarify the concept of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) and how they can contribute to
mainstream digital innovation in agriculture;
- to identify and connect existing initiatives and entities in Europe with the capacity to share
technical, financial, training and/or other services to contribute to the development of DIHs in
agriculture;
- to identify and discuss about the specific needs and potential barriers to develop DIHs in Europe
focused on agriculture;
to define main priority steps to further develop DIHs in agriculture (and to foster collaboration
among them at European level)
Remarks SCAR-AKIS group:
- Focus should be on putting and keeping digitization in agriculture on the agenda: be careful that
the agricultural sector is not left behind;
- More attention should be paid to educating and training farmers, especially for elderly.
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Annex2
Participants list SWG SCAR-AKIS-4, 5th meeting, May 30th and 31st Bonn.
Austria
1. Christian
Rosenwirth Policy
Belgium/Germany
2. Karen Ellerman
Kuegler Advise
Belgium/Germany 3. Michael Kuegler Advise
DG AGRI 4. Inge Van Oost EC policy/EIP
Estonia 5. Annika Suu Policy
Finland 6. Matti Pastell Research
France
7. Adrien
GUICHAOUA Research/ISS
France 8. Valerie Dehaudt Policy
Germany 9. Carola Ketelholdt EIP
Germany 10. Emilie Gaetje EIP Agri
Germany 11. Hanna Steffens CASA
Germany 12. Jan Erpenbach Policy/Research
Germany 13. Rolf Stratmann CASA
Germany 14. Elke Saggau Policy/Research
Germany 15. Andrea Knierim Research
Hungary 16. Andrew Fieldsend Research/advise
Ireland 17. Mark Gibson Research/advise
Italy 18. Mara Lai Research/policy
Netherlands 19. Annemiek Canjels Policy/EIP
Netherlands 20. Floor Geerling-Eiff Research
Netherlands 21. Martijn Plantinga Policy
Poland 22. Ewa Grodzka Policy
Poland 23. Jacek Węsierski Advise
Portugal 24. Luis Mira ISS
Spain 25. Natalia Villalobos Research
Spain 26. Andres Montero Research/advise
UK 27. Peter Midmore Research